A WorkLife Lesson: David’s Story: Knowing When to Act and When Not to Act
David learnt the hard way that one of the most challenging management skills for him was to take care of himself first. That’s because he’s a very giving person. He cares about people, and not putting the needs of the people who worked with him before his own felt wrong, and it felt selfish. But he came to learn that this belief not only stopped him from being his best self, it also stopped him from helping the people he cared about being their best selves - a management skill he had wanted to embrace.
In this lesson, you will learn how a conversation with a friend helped David realise that feeling overwhelmed at times is part of running a business and isn’t necessarily bad.
You will learn how learning not to fixate or act on his emotions in the moment, but instead riding it out, enabled him to know when it was necessary to take action.
In this lesson’s WorkLife Learning Assignment, you will learn the steps that will help you be observant of when you need to take action and when you don’t.
In this lesson’s Continuous WorkLife Learning Assignment, you will learn the power of the practice of journalling as effective feedback which helps you to fine-tune your powers of self-awareness and observation in knowing the actions you need to take.